The Year of Our Lord 2025

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Jan	54.5	Succeeded	Peter Lê Tấn Lợi	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam
1 Jan	74.8	Retired	Stephanus Tri Bữu Thiên	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
3 Jan	91.3	Died	William Leo Higi †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
4 Jan	58.4	Installed	Euginius Longakit Cañete, M. J.	Bishop of Gumaca, Philippines
	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Renato Tarantelli Baccari	Titular Bishop of Camplum	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
		Ceased	Ramón D. Uriarte	Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines	Priest
5 Jan	74.3	Resigned	Eduards Pavlovskis	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
	61.7	Installed	Marcellin Randriamamonjy	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
	61.4	Installed	Paul Simick	Bishop of Bagdogra, India
	69.8	Appointed	Zbigņev Stankevičs	Apostolic Administrator of Jelgava, Latvia	Archbishop of Riga, Latvia
	70.5	Appointed	Désiré Tsarahazana	Apostolic Administrator of Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar
6 Jan	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Josivaldo José Bezerra	Titular Bishop of Patara	Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	59.7	Appointed	Simona Brambilla, M. C.	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	77.7	Retired	João Bráz de Aviz	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	59.9	Ceased	Pedro Alberto Bustamante López	Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri, Peru	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M.	Prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
	64.3	Appointed	Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B.	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
	77.0	Retired	Wilton Daniel Gregory	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	56.6	Appointed	George (Jerzy) Kołodziej, S.D.S.	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia	Bishop-Elect
	75.0	Died	John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen †	Bishop Emeritus of Ratchaburi, Thailand
	70.9	Appointed	Robert Walter McElroy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
	76.4	Died	Raymond Saw Po Ray †	Bishop Emeritus of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
7 Jan	68.7	Appointed	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop
	65.8	Appointed	Charles Jason Gordon	Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
	68.5	Installed	Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Napo, Ecuador
	75.2	Retired	Douglas Regattieri	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	72.2	Resigned	Dominique Marie Jean Rey, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France	Bishop Emeritus
	83.1	Ceased	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Apostolic Administrator of Napo, Ecuador	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
	77.5	Retired	Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B.	Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	59.6	Succeeded	François Marie Pierre Touvet	Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, France
	79.3	Died	Joseph Trần Xuân Tiếu †	Bishop Emeritus of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam
8 Jan	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C.	Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Ecuador
	75.7	Retired	Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania	Archbishop Emeritus
	59.5	Succeeded	Giovanni Peragine, B.	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
9 Jan	65.5	Appointed	Pablo Modesto González Pérez, S.D.B.	Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela
	57.9	Appointed	Franck Javary	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop-Elect
	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Das Pilli	Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India
10 Jan	65.4	Appointed	Alan Edward Campeau	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop-Elect
11 Jan	69.2	Appointed	Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana	Archbishop of Bangkok, Thailand
	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Urusi	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	59.9	Resigned	Fabio Baggio, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Urusi	Cardinal, Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	54.6	Appointed	Justin Georges Ebengue	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Bishop-Elect
	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Javier García Pérez	Titular Bishop of Tamazeni	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	55.0	Appointed	Joseph Pamplany	Archiepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
	59.5	Installed	Giovanni Peragine, B.	Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
	78.6	Resigned	Bosco Puthur	Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar), Australia
	58.4	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Enrique Ramón Casas	Titular Bishop of Pertusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Simón Bolívar Sánchez Carrión	Titular Archbishop of Rosella	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras
12 Jan	46.4	Appointed	Filippo Ciampanelli	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
	51.7	Ordained Bishop	John Mung-ngawn La Sam, M.F.	Bishop of Myitkyina, Myanmar
	59.4	Appointed	Carlo Maria Polvani	Titular Archbishop of Regiae	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
	59.4	Appointed	Carlo Maria Polvani	Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
14 Jan	67.0	Appointed	Jérôme Daniel Beau	Archbishop of Poitiers, France
	80.7	Retired	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.6	Resigned	Ariel Galido, M.S.C.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
	63.8	Installed	Jeffrey Scott Grob	Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	76.9	Died	Ladislav Hučko †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
	60.8	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Palau, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	60.8	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia, Federated States of, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	60.8	Appointed	Gábor Pintér	Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
	52.7	Appointed	Tamati Alefosio Sefo, M.S.C.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	60.0	Appointed	Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
15 Jan	62.4	Appointed	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	62.4	Appointed	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	62.4	Appointed	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Titular Archbishop of Tolentino	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	61.1	Installed	Nolly Camingue Buco	Bishop of Catarman, Philippines
	59.3	Resigned	Mauro Lalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
	59.3	Resigned	Mauro Lalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio
16 Jan	54.7	Appointed	Jackson Murugara, I.M.C.	Coadjutor Bishop of Meru, Kenya	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
The future events listed below have been publicly announced, but are subject to change.
18 Jan	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Fredrik Hansen	Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, Norway	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect
18 Jan	50.6	Installed	Jesús Vidal Chamorro	Bishop of Segovia, Spain
22 Jan	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia	Bishop-Elect
25 Jan	68.3	Installed	Stephen Brislin	Cardinal, Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jan	61.7	Ordained Bishop	Nereudo Freire Henrique	Titular Bishop of Mopta	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
26 Jan	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Sérgio Manuel Ribeiro Dinis	Bishop of Portugal, Military	Bishop-Elect
26 Jan	60.0	Ceased	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Portugal, Military	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
28 Jan	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Artur Olexandrovych Bubnevych	Bishop of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop-Elect
	69.2	Ceased	Kurt Richard Burnette	Apostolic Administrator of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (Ruthenian), Arizona, USA	Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
	58.3	Installed	Ruben Caballero Labajo	Bishop of Prosperidad, Philippines
1 Feb	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Ferreira de Lima, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Nasbinca	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Rene Ramirez, R.C.J.	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia
	62.5	Installed	Peter Štumpf, S.D.B.	Bishop of Koper, Slovenia
	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Thinh Xuan Nguyen	Titular Bishop of Madaurus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Melbourne, Australia
2 Feb	59.3	Installed	Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré	Archbishop of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Geßmann	Titular Bishop of Castro di Sardegna	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Essen, Germany
	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, M.C.C.I.	Titular Bishop of Cleopatris	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Addis Abeba (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Lipke, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Arena	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
3 Feb	66.0	Installed	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
8 Feb	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela	Bishop-Elect
8 Feb	70.2	Ordained Bishop	Philip Adisak Phorn-Ngam	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop-Elect
9 Feb	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Farci	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop-Elect
12 Feb	67.5	Installed	Linus Lee Seong-hyo	Bishop of Masan, Korea (South)
12 Feb	74.1	Ceased	Paul Shin Eun-geun	Apostolic Administrator of Masan, Korea (South)
15 Feb	54.5	Installed	Daniele Salera	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
16 Feb	57.7	Installed	Mario Farci	Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Bishop-Elect
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Étienne Guillet	Bishop of Saint-Denis, France	Bishop-Elect
	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia	Titular Bishop of Aradi	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
	82.5	Ceased	Arrigo Miglio	Apostolic Administrator of Iglesias, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
19 Feb	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Filippo Ciampanelli	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
21 Feb	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Tailleur	Titular Bishop of Abora	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Québec, Canada
22 Feb	81.4	Ceased	Francesco Biasin	Apostolic Administrator of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Claudio Bravi	Titular Archbishop of Tolentino	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Prokop Brož	Titular Bishop of Litomyšl	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hradec Králové, Czechia
	61.6	Ordained Bishop	João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D.	Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop-Elect
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	José Roberto dos Reis, C.P.	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
	65.1	Installed	Ernesto Giobando, S.J.	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
	64.5	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Matiz Atencio	Bishop of Buga, Colombia	Bishop-Elect
	67.8	Installed	Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J.	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
	66.8	Installed	Victor Hugo Palma Paúl	Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala
	60.0	Installed	Claudio Palumbo	Bishop of Termoli-Larino, Italy
	64.0	Ceased	Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Nebbi, Uganda	Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Constantine Rupiny	Bishop of Nebbi, Uganda	Bishop-Elect
	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Tin Wai	Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar	Bishop-Elect
	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Torriani	Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy	Archbishop-Elect
24 Feb	69.0	Installed	John Gregory Kelly	Bishop of Tyler, Texas, USA
24 Feb	67.6	Ceased	Joe Steve Vásquez	Apostolic Administrator of Tyler, Texas, USA	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
25 Feb	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Rufino Coronel Sescon Jr.	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
26 Feb	58.5	Installed	Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B.	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Fedek	Titular Bishop of Dardanus	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Jose Maria Garcia Maldonado	Titular Bishop of Fallaba	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	65.1	Ordained Bishop	Timothy James O’Malley	Titular Bishop of Numida	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	64.7	Ordained Bishop	John Steven Siemianowski	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence John Sullivan	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 Feb	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Alan Edward Campeau	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop-Elect
1 Mar	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Giordano	Bishop of Grosseto, Italy	Bishop-Elect
	58.0	Ordained Bishop	Franck Javary	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop-Elect
	52.8	Installed	Rufino Coronel Sescon Jr.	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop-Elect
8 Mar	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Romeo (Romy) Duetao Convocar	Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop-Elect
11 Mar	71.0	Installed	Robert Walter McElroy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 Mar	53.3	Ordained Bishop	José Miguel Barata Pereira	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal	Bishop-Elect
16 Mar	68.9	Installed	Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
19 Mar	56.8	Ordained Bishop	George (Jerzy) Kołodziej, S.D.S.	Bishop of Bunbury, Australia	Bishop-Elect
3 May	107.8	Beatified	Petro Pavlo Oros †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

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